Namibia coach says refs favour strong nations

Namibia's rugby coach Dave Waterston has again spoken out about World Cup referees favouring stronger nations, despite receiving written notification from the International Rugby Board that he is out of order.

Waterston says he made the same views public at the 1999 World Cup in Britain, when he was coach of Tonga, but had no adverse reaction then from the Board.

He says television replays show palpable flagrances of the rules by stronger nations that are not officiated fairly.

"I'm not allowed to explain the content, I'm not allowed to explain the reply, they have made contact," he said.

"I'm surprised, that's all I can say, because what I've said about the referees has been on record for the last four years so obviously their archives are amiss or they took no notice of what I said in 1999."